Its seen some fun play with one of Magic's best demons, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, and it just needs the right creature to be printed to make its clone ability something ridiculous
This life-giving deer-Pokemon boasts one of the most beautiful full-art cards in the XY Base Set, with Xerneas' elegant pose providing plenty to appreciate
Ticking up in loyalty whenever your creatures die, Lolth has good survivability and the chance to fire off an ultimate ability the turn it enters
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of The Earth Crystal's first ability)
The artifact decks were often the best at this, because they brought out their mana so fast that they could shrug off losing two lands while they crippled their opponent's development, and decks with green mana creatures like Birds of Paradise often used the same plan